The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has pledged to direct its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), to go after the masterminds of these atrocious actions in the region, alarmed by the spate of insecurity in the region.

This comes just one day after Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), was brutally murdered.

In a statement released on Thursday, Emma Powerful, the IPOB media, and publicity coordinator restated his earlier assertion that the organization had no role in the ongoing attacks in the region, stressing that some criminal elements are being funded to taint IPOB’s image.

“We are making it clear to all and sundry that if nothing is done to stop this senseless killings in our land by the enemies of Biafra, we will have no other option than to order ESN to leave the bushes and forests to towns and villages to flush out the exported killer terrorists who are bent on killing and slaughtering our people in the name of unknown gunmen while mischievously blaming their atrocities on IPOB and ESN operatives,” he said.

Residents in the region were also told to be on the lookout, as “some enemies are planning to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens under the guise of enforcing the sit-at-home order”.

“They will commit these murders and hide under the name of unknown gunmen to attack more innocent and prominent people during the sit-at-home.

“We are raising this alarm so that Biafrans and residents of Biafra will beware of this evil plot by these bloodsuckers.

“They want to go on a killing spree in Biafraland and blame it on IPOB. Everybody will have to be cautious because the enemies are here with their agents of death,” he warned.

“The ultimate intention of the masterminds of this barbarity is to make Biafraland especially South-East as insecure and porous as Northern region,” Emma added, exonerating IPOB from the attacks in the South-East.

Residents, on the other hand, were advised to be more attentive and help the group in catching these “criminal elements masquerading as IPOB.”